AMOS 'N ANDY (RADIO)
Summary
One in this comedy series starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos and Andy, two black friends in Harlem, New York. In this episode, Kingfish's wife, Sapphire, receives a telegram from a girlfriend who lives in California inviting them to stay out on the West Coast for the summer. Sapphire really wants to go but Kingfish doesn't have enough money to spend on traveling. Sapphire insists, however, that he find the money or she'll go without him. Kingfish discovers that Andy is the possessor of a raffle ticket entitling him to a new automobile. Kingfish thinks of a way to trick Andy into giving him the raffle ticket so he and Sapphire can use the car to drive to California. Accomplishing his goal, Kingfish gets a phone call from the raffle company explaining about the publicity they plan on doing. Kingfish shows up at the publicity meeting to claim the prize, but it's not what he expected. The Jubilaires perform "California Here I Come." This is the last show of the season. Includes commercials for Rinso and Lifeboy Soap and a promo for the new show, "Call the Police."
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: May 25, 1948 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R79:0158
- GENRE: Radio - Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Blackface comedy; Comedy; Ethnic humor; African-American Collection - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1929-1939, 1943-1948
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - Lifeboy Soap
- Radio - Commercials - Rinso Soap
- Radio - Promos - "Call the Police"
CREDITS
- Joe Connelly … Executive Producer
- Bob Mosher … Executive Producer
- Andrew Love … Director
- Jeff Alexander's Orchestra and Chorus … Music Group, Choir/Chorus
- The Jubilaires … Music Group, Additional music by
- Art Gilmore … Announcer
- John Lake … Announcer
- Freeman Gosden … Cast, Amos Jones, George "Kingfish" Stevens, and Lightnin', Created by
- Charles Correll … Cast, Andy Brown and Henry Van Porter, Created by
- Eddie Green … Cast, Stonewall the lawyer
- Lou Lubin … Cast, Shorty the barber
- Ernestine Wade … Cast, Sapphire Stevens